Alids
Sign in to saveAlids () are the descendants of Ali, the fourth Rashidun caliph and the first Imam in Shia Islam. He was also the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Key facts
- Tribe.image
- File:Arabic caligraphic seal in Hagia Sophia.jpg
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- A medallion bearing the name of Ali inscribed with Islamic calligraphy in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Tribe.ethnicity
- Arabic descent
- Tribe.nisba
- al-Alawi or al-Alaoui
- Tribe.location
- Islamic world
- Tribe.descended
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Tribe.branches
- Hasanids Alawi / Alaoui (Morocco) Alidrisi / Idrisi (Morocco) Alsaadi (Morocco) Alrassidi / Rassidi (Yemen) Qatadah (Mecca) Dhawu 'Awn Hashemites Abadilah Bolkiah (Brunei) Husaynids Ba 'Alawi sada(Yemen) Jamalullail (Perlis) Jamalullail (Perak) al-Sagoff / as-Saqqaf / as-Segaf al-Aidrus / al-Idrus Bendahara (Pahang & Terengganu) Temenggong (Johor) Ba Alawiyya tariqa(Yemen) Hanafi Alids Abbasid Alids
- Tribe.religion
- Islam
- Tribe.language
- originally Arabic, nowadays languages spread all over the Islamic world
- Tribe.parent_tribe
- Hashimds
- Tribe.demonym
- Alawis
- Tribe.surnames
- Alawi or Alaoui
- Tribe.name
- Alids
- Tribe.local name
- العلويين
- Tribe.type
- Hashemite Arab Tribe
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Children of Ali
- Alids in history
- Umayyads era ({{Reign|661|750}})
- Abbasids era ({{Reign|750|1258}})
- Alid dynasties
- Genealogical tables
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
Alids () are the descendants of Ali, the fourth Rashidun caliph and the first Imam in Shia Islam. He was also the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
The Alids have led various movements in Islam. The direct line of Alids, beginning with Ali himself, constitutes the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shia Islam, the largest branch of Shia Islam.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alids” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.